Live Drawing and The Creative Process Workshop

LIFE DRAWING with ALAN COULL will be for 2 ½ hours each morning followed by CREATIVITY, TECHNIQUE AND CONFIDENCE with Christine O’Donnell in the afternoon.

LIFE DRAWING with ALAN COULL

You will be drawing from a live model.

What TO BRING
Several sheets of cheap newsprint paper,
a large drawing pad (A3)size at least or a block;

the following pencils HB, B2, B4, B6, F H2, H3, H5
charcoal sticks,
a white conte stick,
a watercolour brush,
clean rags,
pencil sharpener,
erasers (a fine art gum eraser and a kneadable eraser),
a piece of hardboard or plywood big enough to rest your drawing pad on, and/or an easel (but only if you have one), and
paper blending sticks or tortillons.

ABOUT ALAN
Alan has been actively making work (particularly drawing works in graphite) all his life, he has participated in four joint exhibitions and one successful solo exhibition. For several years Alan co-owned and ran a drawing school in Christchurch.

Alan enjoys the teaching processes and sharing his knowledge. His works are in private collections here and overseas.

Life drawing is always intense and it can be confronting for the novice, but it is always rewarding.

CREATIVITY, TECHNIQUE AND CONFIDENCE with Christine O’Donnell

Christine’s class will cover … creativity, from the initial idea seed to a painting. In this workshop we will focus on developing a vague idea into a painting/drawing. The classes will be a mix of theory/examples and ‘doing’. As we do this we will cover a variety of topics such as … what are you trying to communicate? What is your own style, canvas size, ratios, layering images, composition and thumbnail sketches.

The workshop is suitable for early-stage artists who are primarily working on their techniques; it will suit representational artists and a variety of mediums.

WHAT TO BRING
Sketchbook and pencils or charcoal for drawing initial sketches, and I suggest one or two different sized (ratios) of cheap boards or canvas panels for the initial stages of painting. Plus a small selection of your normal paint and brushes or pencils.

ABOUT CHRISTINE
Architect and artist, Auckland based until 2021, now at Bannockburn recalling her many adventures at home and overseas. Christine is focused currently on a conservation theme in her art work, with New Zealand landscape and endangered birds, to highlight their protection and habitat.

Chris is increasingly layering images to tell a story, to encourage people to connect with the spirit of place, memory and the energy it embodies. Christine has exhibited in the Craigs Aspiring Art Awards, Dunedin Art Show and the New Zealand Art show 2020, was an Artist in Residence Rotorua Arts Village 20.